Truck-reel for conductor-wires.



8. QUESNOY. TRUCK REEL FOR CONDUCTOR WIRES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8 IBIS.

1,269,044. Patented Mar. 19, 1918. Y 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

5 wvo-11 to z B. QUESNOY.

TRUCK REEL FOR CONDUCTORWIRES. APPLICATION FILED Nov. s. I9Ie.

Lm. Patented Mar. 19,1918.

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i @Hom/1 m BARTHOLOIVIEW QUESNOY, OF ALTUS, ARKANSAS.

TRUCK-REEL FOR CONDUCTOR-WIRES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ratentea Mar. io, isis.

Application led November 8, 1916. Serial No. 130,187.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, BARTHoLoMEw Qons- NOY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Altus, in the county of Franklin and State of Arkansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Truck-Reels for Conductor- Wires, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in truck reel for conductor wires, and has for its object to provide an exceedingly simple and effective device of this character which will be automatic in operation when in use, and in which the parts will be placed in operative position by the simple movement of a single clutch.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character wherein a cable reel is rotatably mounted upon a shaft suitably journaled in a truck of desirable construction, the movements of said truck actuating certain members to y'cause the reel to revolve with the shaft for winding up the cable or to runv loose upon said shaft for unwinding the cable and to provide means coperating with the first named means, whereby the hereinbefore mentioned movements of the reel may take place 01' the entire mechanism permitted to run free so that the truck may be moved from place to place without keither winding or unwinding the cable.

kA still further object of the invention is to provide a friction brake of peculiar construction for retarding the movements of the clutch member coacting with the reel, so that the revolving of the shaft will cause said member to move lengthwise of Isaid shaft, whereby said member will be disengaged from or caused to engagethe reel.

lVith these ends in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by, the claims.

1n order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains, may understand how to make and use the same, I will describe its construction in detail, referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, in which- Figure 1, is a side elevation of my improved truck reel for conductor wires.

Fig. 2, is a section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1. 1

Fig. 3, is a plan view thereof.

F ig. 4, is a side elevation of the friction brake; and

Fig. 5, is a similar view of the clutch lever.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied 2 represents the rails of a track as ordinarily used in a mine and on these rails run the iianged wheels 3 of the truck here -shown as provided with two wheels, but

which may have any desirable number as best suited to the work and the place it is used.

The flanged wheels 3 are connected by an axle l journaled in suitable bearings 5 secured to the underside of and depending from the cross timber 6, the latter running lengthwise of and situated above the axle 4. To the-cross timber 6 at or adjacent the ends thereof are secured the uprights 7 on the upper ends of which is mounted the truck frame comprising a pair of parallel side members 9, a rear end member 10, a front end member 11 and an intermediate transverse or supporting member 12. To the supporting member 12 and the front end member 11 is secured the draw bar or draft rigy ging 13.

To the side members 9 are fastened the bearings 8 in which is journaled the shaft 14C having its ends projecting beyond the side members of the truck so as to overlie the flanged wheels 3 and the extreme outer ends of said shaft are threaded as at 15 for a purpose to be hereinafter described. Y On the shaft adjacent its outer ends are revolubly mounted or journaled the frictio-n wheels 16 and 17 held in place by nuts 18 screwed on the threaded ends 15 of the shaft. These friction wheels engage the wheels 3 and are revolved by the latter.

Each of the friction wheels is provided with a hub member 19 and the hub member connected with the wheel 16 carries the female member 20 of a clutch 21, said female member 20 adapted to be engaged by the male member 22 slidably mounted upon and splined or keyed to the shaft 14. The male member of the clutch is actuated by a clutch lever 23, one end of which is pivoted to the rear end member 10 of the truck as at 21 in any suitable and well known manner, the opposite end engaging the supporting member 12. lVhen the clutch members are in engagement, motion and power are transmitted from the flanged wheels to the shaftA 1f.

Upon the shaft 14. in any suitable posi.-

tion between the side .members of the truck frame is rotatably journaled the 'reel ,-25 comprising a sleeve 26 adapted to surround the-shaft and provided with suitable Flubrr.

5 eating means, a pair of circular ftlanges 2T, one at each end of the sleeveand"spokes 28 arranged between. `the flanges en which thegcjonductor,wires vare tdbewound, said wires hereshown in the'form ota cable ,.f1`he,.wires of the` cable areconnected' in any suitablemanner, to the'I contact, ringsy 30 and;r4 Ycarriedgby 4the 'outer flange oftfthe reel. and projec'tbeyond the outerfac'ey 'of said iijange, saidvv rings being preferably 'ein'- bedded l.in the flange as shown in Fig. 2.

V`rIlheSe rings Contact with or engage suitable contact` bloclrsBQ and 3.3 carried by ak sup- ,port 34,of suitable insulation mateii'ial. v,securedftoA any suitable ,portion of the de- Mice, such as oneofthe side members Iofthe tnuclrframe, and Afrom these contact blocks `lead the wires 35 adapted to.' be connected withan electrically operated tool.l

Onthe .outer tace of the otherv flange is mounted law/friction: disk such as 'wood or lleather,and this .cooperates vwitha similar frictionelisk 37 secured to the' flange ofthe y operatable member 38 of ,the friction clutch, the reel toi-ming the other member of said clutchand toriconvenience being termed the inoperatlble member. rlhe member 3S is mounted upon the shaft l4`an'd provided with Iinternal. thread 39 running only a .portionfotthe length of said member, and

Y `fithis lthread yregisters wit'ha'l thread or screw l40 .carried by the shaft'14' andrevoiving 1 therevvitln. helmembe'r 3S Linder some conditions moves lenghwis'eof tliesh'aft-l4and itsoutward movement is'limited bya stop 40 .f col la,r 41 adjustably secured 'uponfthe shaft yl4landvhe'ld in` lplace by suitable screws' 42, l and v,under'certain other conditions the member SS'lwill revolve with- '.fthe shaft orre- "l Il.Amai-n non-rotatable V for a" given `leng'tlrof time,when` the shaft is revolving, and said Lmember held stationary withy relation to 7itheshaftbyfmeans. ot', a frictionv brake 43 .comprisinga ,resilient ,strip forl vbar 44s@- cured at one end to the rear; end nieinberflO rbymeansrof yany suitabie fastening device 1 45, andk abrakebicck orfriction' member 46 ,secured tothe undersideof fthebarby means yofsuitalv yle fasterling devices 47, said I)rake block having arcuate notch or cavity 48 therein -correspending.`` toI 'the' curvature ot the member .38 with .which it cooperates.

. The. tension ofthe friction, V,brake upon' 4the member 38' is'fregulated byfm'eans of a Y ,21.7. 'ivr'fryi Y ,hand-nut 49` mounted upon a screwor bolt y 697,50 carried-:bythe Vsupporting men'iber 12 of the truclr frame pro]ecting upwardly there,y

v-from,1.an,d passing through the other end of thebar 44 said hand-nut engaging the upper or outer face of said bar.V

In practice this reel truck for conductor wires is particularly'ad'apted for' use with coal`cuttingfmachines, as it is only necessary to throw in a single clutch to place the parts-- in `.operative position, so that. the ,device may enter the room to befcut.

" 4VVh'en zitv is VdesiredE to pass from the entry i lengthwise ott-he shaft away trom the reel, i

said "memberl 'beinglheld non-rotatable. by the friction brake-43', and?sincethefmeinber 3S is ldisengaged `from the r'eelgthe'latteris allowed'ito run loo'seforf'ree, whichiavill permitthe'cabie'o'r lconductorwires totbeifun- Y i wound from said reel, and. whent'heime1nber 3S has reached its outermost movement and is in contact withjthefstop Vcollar-z-41, said member 3S will revolve with the shaft 1 4, since it can slip* beneath-y theflfrietion brake 43,'. or after` said member 8.8 has 'reached itsyoutermost position the-1 pressure of the frictionilbralre may be. reliev-ed'l-by slightlybacking ofl'- the-hand-nut"49;= I;

fitter theE cutting has been. completed,uthe

ftrucl: is run out of the' room bacflnvardV which will' cause the' 'shaft 14 to'revolve an that di iectionto move the' friction` clutcli-member 38 `lengthwise or the' shatttowardf theyreel untilthe friction disk B'Tand 36 are ine'ngagement, causingft-he member -38 'anda-the reel to revolve with the shaft 14,1.4 and .this

lpressure 'upon'the' reel Q-fwill'fcause said reel to bear against the--liubfniember 19.101? the 1rictlon wheel 17 with'suticientpressure to permit the transmissionof power and enga'gesjthe reel-A the latter* will begin torre- "v'olve with the' shaft in that direction to wind up'the'cable or-fconductorwires ."YIf the reel "should -revolve lso f'ast-'f-asffto .wind

cup the cable -too' quickly, saidlcablelfwill become taut, but Vwill not break, as the@ reel,

Ithe shaft 14 and the-,friction wheels 1G and 17Will stop andthe flanged wheels 3 of the trucl)continue-"to revolve and slip past or.

operator forget to? throw t'heireel out-of'gear when going into ya room, the cablevwill-Jfbe 'unwound fromv the centergor 1n otherw'ords,

the innerL coils" f-v the'lcablefwil-'lj'be unwound and then rewounfd in the-'oppositel direction,

causing considerable trouble and loss'oflti'rne, because 1t is necessary for the operator to then unwind the cable by hand and motiont'romtheotherflanged dieet-to the yreel; *1 :if` As soon as the vfrictioniclutchmember138 straighten it out. fn my device this cannot happen as the movement of the truck causes the friction clutch member 38 to be disengaged from the reel or spool, .whereby said reel will run free.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have produced a truck reel for conductor wires which is exceedinglv simple in construction, which may be readily taken apart by an unskilled workman, repaired or the parts replaced, and which overcomes many of the disadvantages heretofore eX- perienced.

Of course do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction as here shown, as these may be varied within the limits of the appended claims without de-V parting from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what claim as new and useful, is-

1. The combination in a truck reel for conductor wires of a truck provided with wheels, a shaft journaled in the truck, friction wheels journaled on the ends of said shaft and frictionally engaging the truck wheels, a clutch for locking one of the friction wheels to its shaft, a reel journaled on the shaft, and used as one member of a friction clutch, an operatable friction clutch member mounted upon the shaft and adapted to coperate with the reel, said clutch member being threaded internally. a thread or screw carried by the shaft and registering with the internal threads of the operatable clutch member' for causing said clutch member to travel lengthwise of the shaft when said clutch member is held non-rotatable, and means frictionally engaging said clutch member, temporarily stopping the rotation of said clutch member.

2. A truck reel for conductor wires comprising a truck frame, wheels supporting said frame, a shaft journaled in said frame projecting beyond the sides of said frame, the ends of said shaft being threaded, a reel journaled on said shaft and on which opies of this patent may be obtained for the conductor wires may be wound, means mounted on the shaft and rotatable therewith when in orv out of engagement with the reel for causing said reel to revolve with the shaft or run free thereon and movable lengthwise on said shaft for causing said means to engage or be disengaged from the reel, friction wheels journaled on the shaft and coacting with the truck wheels, nuts screwed on the threaded ends 0f the shaft for holding the parts in position and means for causing the shaft to revolve with the friction wheels.

3. In a device of the character deseribed,a truck, a shaft journaled therein, a reel journaled on said shaft comprising a sleeve, a. pair of flanges and spokes arranged between said flanges, means having threaded engagement with the shaft for clutching or unclutching the reel to or from the shaft, va friction brake for applying pressure to said means for temporarily stopping the rotation of said means for causing said means to engage or be disengaged from the reel and means for transmitting motion to the shaft.

4. In a device of the character stated, the combination of a truck, a horizontal shaft journaled therein, a reel journaled on said shaft, a thread on said shaft adjacent one end of the reel, an operatable member mounted upon the shaft and having an internal threaded portion of less length than said member and adapted to coperate with the threads on the shaft, a stop collar on the shaft for limiting the movement of the operatable member away from the reel and a friction brake coacting with said member to hold said member stationary with relation to the shaft until said member has engaged the stop collar on the reel after which said member will revolve with the shaft and Slip beneath the friction brake, said member when in engagement with the reel, causing said reel to revolve with the shaft.

l BARTHOLOMEXV QUESNOY.

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